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Atit Amin
Issue date: 9/22/05 Section: Sports
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For a coach, battling the elements is always a daunting challenge. For Head Coach Cathy Foto, however, it is just another part of the game.
"We don't think the weather is bad unless the turf is covered in snow," she said.
Despite intermittent showers throughout the contest, Colgate blanked Robert Morris, 2-0, on Saturday afternoon at Tyler's Field.
Coming into the game, the Raiders had thrived off the performances of senior co-captain Dana Shaner, who has seven goals and three assists in the young season. On Saturday, it was the heroics of the other co-captain, junior goalkeeper Jacque DeMarco, that inspired the team.
"Jacque has always been instrumental in our games, but against Robert Morris, she really stepped up and kept us in the game," first-year forward Lauren Carey said. "She motivated our team to keep on pushing ourselves and to never let our guard down."
For a team without any upperclassmen, Robert Morris possessed surprising feistiness and aggressiveness. As a result, the Raider defense was constantly tested. Despite earning only two penalty corners, Robert Morris continuously knocked at the doorstep of DeMarco and the Raider defense.
Senior defender Jenn Weisholz praised the team's defense for "staying composed and playing our own game. They kept trying to switch positions and run in circles to confuse us, but we all remained aware the entire time and stepped up our communication."
The Colonials totaled 14 shots in the game, but it was all for naught because DeMarco's defense was downright dynamic.
With the Raider defense holding strong, the offense went to work. With a quick goal in the game's first five minutes, the Raiders sent the message that they meant business. The sophomore tandem of Lauren Remkus and Natali Plesniarski hooked up for the first Colgate goal, with Plesniarski scoring her first tally of the season. The Raiders maintained the pressure for the remainder of the first half, totaling 10 shots and seven penalty corners.
"We don't think the weather is bad unless the turf is covered in snow," she said.
Despite intermittent showers throughout the contest, Colgate blanked Robert Morris, 2-0, on Saturday afternoon at Tyler's Field.
Coming into the game, the Raiders had thrived off the performances of senior co-captain Dana Shaner, who has seven goals and three assists in the young season. On Saturday, it was the heroics of the other co-captain, junior goalkeeper Jacque DeMarco, that inspired the team.
"Jacque has always been instrumental in our games, but against Robert Morris, she really stepped up and kept us in the game," first-year forward Lauren Carey said. "She motivated our team to keep on pushing ourselves and to never let our guard down."
For a team without any upperclassmen, Robert Morris possessed surprising feistiness and aggressiveness. As a result, the Raider defense was constantly tested. Despite earning only two penalty corners, Robert Morris continuously knocked at the doorstep of DeMarco and the Raider defense.
Senior defender Jenn Weisholz praised the team's defense for "staying composed and playing our own game. They kept trying to switch positions and run in circles to confuse us, but we all remained aware the entire time and stepped up our communication."
The Colonials totaled 14 shots in the game, but it was all for naught because DeMarco's defense was downright dynamic.
With the Raider defense holding strong, the offense went to work. With a quick goal in the game's first five minutes, the Raiders sent the message that they meant business. The sophomore tandem of Lauren Remkus and Natali Plesniarski hooked up for the first Colgate goal, with Plesniarski scoring her first tally of the season. The Raiders maintained the pressure for the remainder of the first half, totaling 10 shots and seven penalty corners.